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Print

1888 (printed)
Artist/Maker
Rops, Félicien Joseph Victor (artist)
Place of origin
Paris (printed)

Monochrome print showing a naked woman standing before an idol.


Object details

Category
Prints
Object type
Print
Materials and techniques
Heliogravure, etching and drypoint
Drypoint
Etching
Heliogravure
Brief description
Frontispiece to 'La Pudeur de Sodome' by Gustave Guiches, designed by Félicien Joseph Victor Rops. Heliogravure, etching and dry-point, 1888.
Physical description
Monochrome print showing a naked woman standing before an idol.
Dimensions
  • Height: 22.9cm
  • Width: 16.8cm
Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1962. London: HMSO, 1964.
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Félicien Rops' (Signed)
  • 'F. Rops.' (Signed below the plate in pencil)
Object history
La Pudeur de Sodome by Gustave Guiches, was published by Quantin, Paris, 1888.
Subjects depicted
Woman
Idol
Mask
Fan
Bibliographic references
  • Greenhalgh, Paul (Ed.), Art Nouveau: 1890-1914 . London: V&A Publications, 2000
  • Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1962. London: HMSO, 1964.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.2652-1962

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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